The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-03-05

the earthly or the heavenly home sen
Jus, Of that age when the young man be-
e,mes prop aud counselor TO parents and
home. Taey graduate from the earth school
to enter lite in immortal youth, and here or
there, are an unspeakable treasure,
Mr. Manley has done business here, with
nlmos, two distinct generations, the earlier
aud the later. As a traie,man, he never
urges his goods on a customer; he plans to
keep the very best that can be had, not
looking SO much TO external finish as 10 SUB
stantial intrinsic worth, lie deals AS fairly
patiently ami politely with the merest child
the plainest mechanic, the poorest OF poor
people as with the wealthiest aud most eul'
ture. The durability In excellence in the
wares he sells is often spoken Of by his life
long customers; scissors, knife, shovel. han,
|dle-whaieyer the tool is--ii lasts and is al
WAYS good. A reason OF this, in fact, Is
fouad In this, that his house deals with old
and we'll tried houses with whom il has done
business for years. and whose word and in
tegrity cannot even be suspected. These
goods he sells at the lowest living prices.
as one may say, At actual cost, not
counting In extravsgsnt living, hashy and
universal random advertising, meretricious
display and gift enterprises, As the world
goes, he would undoubtedly be accounted
DOOR salesman, with so small display OF
emotional nature; no blarney; no treating
not bucket full Of "soft soap In the whole
establishment, so far as he knows. Yet the
few words spoken are from the heart, tender
and kind and just, though the heart is
kent out Of sight As to this matter. what
he does not indulge In to others, he does not
care 10 receive himself. Even the FREE IRA.
DER could not have got this picture sketch
excep, as his face WAS turned ON he d
not know it. The idea Of six thousand
readers looking square in at the "old and
reliable would make him blush all over.
But now as we are IN for 1t, We will not let
him off so easily. And that, as Lincoln was
wont to say, reminds us Of little story.
Though not commonly recognized as $50
ciety man, yet Of old times, friend or &C.
quaintance dropping in, WAS cordially well
coined and made at home at Preside and
table. Ola time when expecting the domi.
ME to dinner. he happened on wagon fresh
from the country with some splendid Somon.
aux chickens, fair and fat. He took the
whole bucket full at bargain. At dinner,
grac, said, the carving of said chickens be-
gan. 1t went on slow and then slower-not
quite no fast, and slower. 1t was a sell
lad lightning or dynamite tackled them it
might have got them into pieces, h"t who
could have eaten them? They could moi
have been old settlers, for the country was
then new. They might have been brought
ever on the ark, had the ark landed at Som.
onauk. They we're, doubtless, Of a peculiar
kind and made to sell. Thereafter, in the
purchase OF poultry, the head of that family
is apt quietly to inquire if those chicken
we're raised at Somonauk?
! Well. this establishment began in 1887 now
reaches its half century, Is there another
such in La Sale county, or even in lllinois'
In these years the population Of this state
has gone up from about 400, 900 to 8, 4oC, goo
Its schools have increa sed from small mum
Der to more than $4,000; its manufactures
to S4OO, GOO, 600; its annual farm products
1925, 900 900; its real and personal estate
$500, 900, 900; or the equivalent Of thou
sand dollars to every citizen Of the state
Any one carefully looking through "the old
and reliable" will see how this money wss
made; namely, by hard work, constant de.
votion to business, by careful economy, by
virtuous habits of life, and by the generous
and benihcent deeds of good citizenship, in
living in reverent subsection to law.